SIGN: CATASTROPHIES Double-digit' inflation has made a real impact on co~lege stu~ents as ~ell as all ollier segments of the nation. An inflation rate- o,f approximately 12.5 per-cent for 1980 was reflected in higher 'l tuition, higher board, higher room rent, higher \:ost of t" books - higher cost of about "" everything for the student. _ Wid, World SIGN: HOPE 1980 also witnessed the arrival of over a million Cuban refugees to the United States. The oceangoing tugboat "Dr. Daniels" brought one of the largest groups of Cuban refugees, carrying 700 to 900 persons. The "Freedom Floti1la~' was soon halted by ~resident Carter. The largest portIOn of the refugees were taken to Fort Chaffee in Fort Smith, Ark. for processing. LEFJ: CUBAN refugees wave, expressing the feeling 0/ freedom from the Castro Communist regime of their home land. More tragedy: a massive earthquake hit southern Italy in the town of Balvano. The earthquake left over 3,000 dead and 200,000 homeless for the winter. Pope John Paul II visited the ravaged area and helped comfort the people. LEFT: AN ITALIAN man shifls through the rubble in the aftermath of southern Italy's worst earthquake. SIGN: INFLATION - - 49 World News
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